<p>USC will give you a nice discount if you are NMSF (which you should be).</p>
<p>Personally, unless you are applying to Engineering or Chemistry at Cal, I just don’t think it is worth the OOS price; UT will be a bargain in comparison.</p>
<p>Both Middlebury and Dartmouth party hearty. The latter has a heavy greek presence (as does 'SC).</p>
<p>With your numbers (4.0/35), you have realistic shot at any of those schools if you apply ED.</p>
<p>Also, consider Yale, Stanford, Brown, Cornell, Tufts, Rice, Emory.</p>